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Kyle Busch reacts to concerning stretch of Indy 500 wrecks, sends message to Kyle Larson

Nick Profile Picby:Nick Geddes•05/18/25•

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Kyle Larson, Scott McLaughlin and Colton Herta are just a few of the drivers who have violently crashed during practice and qualifying this weekend ahead of next Sunday’s 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500. Kyle Busch, at North Wilkesboro Speedway for Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race, certainly wants no part of being inside an Indy car this week; he’ll leave that to Larson and co.

After watching the stretch of crashes at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Busch took to social media with his thoughts. He sent a message to Larson, who is attempting the Indy-Charlotte Double for the second consecutive year.

To explain why there have been multiple wrecks this weekend, you have to look at the car itself. This is the first Indy 500 with the IndyCar Series’ hybrid engines. Those engines are heavier than the previous engines, resulting in a new weight distribution.

Fortunately, there’s plenty of practice time to get adjusted to the car. But with that has come some nasty wrecks. Larson crashed and hit the inside wall of Turn 3 on Friday. He will start 21st in the Indy 500.

Kyle Larson reacts to wreck during Indy 500 Fast Friday practice

“Yeah, I think so,” Larson told Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports when asked if he can maintain his confidence. “I think so. I think the conditions will be better tomorrow. I’m sure the track is actually cooling down a lot now, similar to what tomorrow will be. Bob, you see me crash all the time. So, I don’t think it usually affects me. But yeah, we’ll see.

“Like, today, I think when you turn the boost up for your speed lap, usually it’s like, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re flying.’ That didn’t feel like as crazy as like the open test felt like when I turned it up for the first time. So, I’m happy the speed didn’t scare me or anything like that. I think, as long as the car is okay, I think we’ll be fine.”

Sunday, it was McLaughlin who got loose in Turn 2, losing control of his No. 3 Dallara DW12 Chevrolet. The Team Penske driver hit the inside wall head-on at a high rate of speed. McLaughlin’s car was destroyed. He was able to get out of his car under his own power.

McLaughlin, who started on the pole in last year’s Indy 500, will not get back out on the racetrack for Day 2 of qualifying. The New Zealand native will start 12th in this year’s Indy 500.